Mop-wringer.



PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906.

J. G. MOOARTHY.

MOP WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1905.

JEREMIAH G. MCCARTHY, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IVIOP-WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1906.

Application filed March 1,1905. Serial No. 247,911.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH G. hTCCAR- THY, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Holyoke, in the county of Hampden andState of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inMop-VV ringers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mop-wringers, the object thereof being toprovide an improved construction of this nature whereby a portablewringer is provided under which a pail may be located to catch the waterwrung from the mop in contradistinction to that class of similar deviceswhich as a general rule are attached to the pail.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter in which the supporting-frame may be collapsed, so to speak,whereby the wringer may be set into a tub or a sink, a portion of theframe being movable into substantially vertical position when the frameis collapsed, to thereby constitute a guard to prevent the splashing ofthe water over the edge of the sink.

Other objects of the invention relate particularly to details ofconstruction, which will clearly appear in the following description ofthe invention, and all of the novel features of which are illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of amopwringer in which the invention is embodied in its preferred form. 2is a front elevation of the same with the pail in position therebeneath.Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, showing the movable wringer-rollin a slightly-different position. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3,but showing the frame in a collapsed position and showing also thepail-supporting brace swung up to substantially vertical position, thewringer being shown in a sink or tub.

In the drawings two similar cast-iron frame parts a are provided,between the upper ends of which one of the wringer-rolls b is rotatablymounted and in the other upper corner of which a yoke-frame c ispivotally supported at d, between the ends of which frame the roll 6 issupported, as shown. The axis of the roll I) is indicated byf.

On the yoke-frame c is a suitable handle 9, whereby that frame carryingthe roll 6 may be swung up away from the roll 1) far enough to permitthe mop h to be placed in position on the roll I), whereupon the roll 6may be swung down against .it and rotated to feed the mop out frombetween the two rolls and by this feeding movement squeeze the watertherefrom, means being provided to rotate the upper roll 0 by means ofthe crank-arm j, secured to the shaft 76, which constitutes the axis ofsaid roll, this shaft having a bearing in each arm of the yoke-frame c.Preferably the rolls 1) and c are fluted, as shown. Each of the sideframes a is bent or trends in ward at the points designated 10 and 11,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, from a point slightly above the lower edgethereof in order that the rolls 1) and e may be shortened to a littleless than the diameter of a pail 0, which may be placed thereunder, tothe end. that all of water pressed from the mop may be caught by thepail; but because of the close proximity of the ends of the rolls to theside frames (I, more or less water will inevitably run down the side ofthese frames, and to prevent the same from running on the floor theinclined flanges p are cast on the side frame, which will catch all ofthe water which may run down these frames and guide it through anopening q in the frames and into the pail 0, which the flanges poverhang. The water from the flanges which flows through the openings q,is indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, flowing into the pail,(desig nated o.)

The two side frames a a are secured together by means of a rod 8, towhich is secured the U-shaped wire frame t, the purpose of which is tocatch the mop as it is fed out from between the rollers and prevent theend thereof either from dropping on the flooror falling back into thepail. This rod 8 also constitutes the axis of one pair of the swinginglegs, (indicated by 1),) the other pair w being secured to the oppositelower end of the frame by bolts. Each of these leg-frames is providedwith a brace-bar cc, and hinged to one of these bars is the frame g,which has a hook enga ement with the other of the crossbars m, wherebythe spread of these legframes is determined. This brace frame orplatform is so constructed as to constitute a shield or guard when it isswung to a position shown in Fig. 4, which is the position it willoccupy when the two frames are swung to ether to stand the wringer in asink or tub, and in this position any water falling from the rolls intothe shallow sink .2 will be thereby prevented from spattering the personoperating the wringer.

It is furthermore a great convenience to be able to swing the twoleg-frames v and 'w close together into Substantially parallel positionand to swing up the brace-platform y when it is desired to put thewringer away when it is not in use.

From the foregoing description it is seen that the wringer is providedwith a stronglybraced frame when it is used in connection with a pailset under it and that the construction is such that the water wrung froma mop is kept entirely from spattering the floor and that in thisrespect has all of the advantages of that type of a mop-wringer which isusually attached to the pail itself, with the further advantage ofavoiding the instabilityof this last-named structure, and in addition itis so constructed that it may be stood up on a sink or tub, and whenthus used the brace-platform may be swung up to constitute a guard, asdescribed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A mop-wringer comprisin a frame consisting of two substantially uniorm side portions, the u per ends of which trend inwardly, a rollpivotally supported between the upper ends of the side portions, ayokeframe pivotally supported on the side portions, a roll in saidyoke-frame to swing toward and from said first-named roll, legframespivotally attached to said side portions of the frame to swing towardand from each other, and a brace-frame pivotally supported at the lowerend of one of the legframes and arranged to engage the other legframe toconstitute a platform for a pail.

2. A mop-wringer comprisin a frame consisting of two substantially uniorm side portions, the u per ends of which trend inwardly, a rollpivotally supported between the upper ends of the side portions, ayokeframe pivotally supported on the side portions, and a roll in saidframe movable with the latter toward and away from said firstnamed roll,a downwardly and inwardly inclined flange on said side portions todirect water through an opening in the latter, legframes pivotallyattached to the side portions of the frame to swing toward and from eachother, a brace-frame pivotally supported at the lower end of one of thelegframes and arranged to engage the other legframe to constitute aplatform for a pail and when swung to a substantially vertical positionto constitute a shield.

3. A mop-wringer comprisin a frame consisting of two substantially uniorm side portions, the upper ends of which trend inwardly, a rollpivotally supported between the upper ends of the side portions, ayokeframe pivotally supported on the side portions, and a roll in saidframe movable with the latter toward and away from said firstnamed roll,a U-shaped frame supported between the side portions of the main frameand arranged to catch the mop, suitable legframes pivotally attached tothe side ortions of the frame to swing toward and om each other, and'abrace-frame pivotally supported at the lower end of one of the legframesand arranged to removably engage the other leg-frame to constitute aplatform for the pail.

JEREMIAH o. CoiiiiiHY.

Witnesses:

WM. H. CHAPIN, K. I. OLEMoNs.

